Lexington Business Xchange will meet from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. July 27 at Carrabba's Grill, 1881 Plaudit Pl. $30 in advance, $35 at the door; includes lunch. Registration: www.networkKY.com.

Lexington Venture Club will meet from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. July 28 at the Hyatt Regency Lexington, 401 W. High St. Speaker: Dana Bowers of iPay Technologies. $30; includes lunch. RSVP to slackey@commercelexington.com. www.lexingtonventureclub.com.

The Central Kentucky Inventors Council will meet Aug. 3 at the Bluegrass Area Development Center, 699 Perimeter Dr. Networking at 6:30 p.m., meeting at 7. Speaker: Rae Shepherd, patent and trademark librarian with the Louisville Free Public Library. Free. Information: (859) 201-1311. www.ckic.org.